Byron Kelleher

New Zealand Rugby Union Player

Male

BornDec 3, 1976

Age38

HometownDunedin

Other NamesWazza, The Wazzman

Byron Terrance Kelleher is a rugby union scrum-half who currently plays for Stade Français in the French Top 14, and has played 57 tests for the All Blacks. He went to Otago Boys' High School, and originally played for Otago in the NPC and the Highlanders in the Super 14, moving north in 2004 to play for Waikato and the Chiefs. He is 1.75m tall and weighs 95 kg. He was New Zealand's Super 12 Player of the Year in 1999.… Read More

'But in a potential indicator of Deans' thinking, the All Blacks carried three No.9s in the 2003 tournament - Byron Kelleher, Justin Marshall and Steve Devine. Deans was backs coach of New Zealand at the time'

THIRTIES

Kelleher had signed a contract to play for Agen in the Top 14 after the 2007 Rugby World Cup; however, the club's relegation to the second-level Rugby Pro D2 after the 2006–07 Top 14 season caused the contract to be cancelled.
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Kelleher went on to sign with traditional Top 14 powers Toulouse, effective with the end of the Rugby World Cup. Read Less

He won the "Bouclier de Brennus" (the French Rugby Union Title) in the 2007–08 Top 14 season with Stade Toulousain, and was elected by the Top 14 players as the season's best player.

201033 Years Old
In 2010, he was selected in the French Barbarians squad to play Tonga on 26 November.
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He is known as an unpredictable and unorthodox halfback, with his speed and strength, sometimes preferring to run with the ball and make line-breaks rather than passing the ball after rucks and mauls. Read Less

201134 Years Old
Byron Kelleher is a close friend of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Princess Charlène of Monaco. He was one of the guests at the princely couple wedding on july 2th 2011.